BillW wrote:
>> Scenix, a provider of communications software and controllers, has secured
>> a $42.1 million equity investment from Cisco, Dell and others.
>
>Sheesh.  I guess all you have to do is rename your microcontrollers to
>"internet microcontrollers"...
>
>BillW
>cisco (I don't know anything about this, though.)
>

It's pretty clear that Scenix was going after the "communications"
market from day 1. Simple architectures that run at 50-100 MIPS,
code in flash/EEROM for easy updates [like "this" week's modem std],
plus [the primary evidence] the larger chip 48/52-pinouts come
only in small pitch SMT - no PLCC available [much to my dismay].

This last fact indicates they were really targeting large volume
apps, with comm obviously being the major player today. After all,
how many small volume apps can put a 52-pin QFP on the board?

To qualify this, the Scenix chips really don't have enough gut
level power to do "real" DSP-type comm, which requires large data
RAM, h.w. multipliers, and 24- to 32-bit architectures, but they
are fine for rudimentary bit handling at blistering speed.

- Dan Michaels
Oricom Technologies
http://www.sni.net/~oricom
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